Grade 2 Addition and Subtraction

Baseline Assessment
Mark Scheme

Answer Assessment Focus Possible Misconceptions and Interventions

1 2 marks Identify number bonds of 10 Children may lack fluency with bonds of numbers less than ten which
impacts on their ability to learn and recall bonds that make ten.
1 mark awarded if
two or three pairs are
correctly matched

2 marks awarded if
all number bonds are
correctly matched

2 1 mark 3 Use pictorial representations to Children may struggle to interpret the language in an addition and
solve simple problems subtraction word problem.

3 2 marks
18 + 2 = 20 20 − 9 = 11
Solve number bonds and related Children may misinterpret the maths symbol and complete an addition
subtraction facts within 20 calculation rather than a subtraction calculation.
1 mark for three
correct answers 0+5= 5 6 =8−2
Children may try to count on from the first number in an addition
2 marks if all the answers calculation rather than reordering it to count on from the largest number.
9 =4+5 7−0= 7
are correct

Children may not make the connection between bonds of 10 and 20 and
therefore may lack fluency when calculating.

4 1 mark 6 + 3 = 9 Understand and use addition and Children may not understand that addition and subtraction are related
subtraction as related operations operations and are the inverse of each other.
1 mark if all four 3 + 6 = 9
calculations are correct Children may not grasp or understand the concept of a fact family.
9 − 6 = 3

9 − 3 = 6

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 Answer Assessment Focus Possible Misconceptions and Interventions

5 2 marks Solve missing number problems Children may not have a secure understanding about the relationship
using pictorial representations between parts and wholes and may struggle to solve missing number
Award 1 mark for each calculations.
18 12
correct answer
14 4 6 6

6 2 marks 8 + 6 = 14 11 = 11 − 0 Identify and select the Children may misinterpret the maths symbols and may select the wrong
mathematical sign needed to one to use to solve a problem.
1 mark for three complete a calculation correctly
correct answers 20 − 3 = 17 15 = 10 + 5

2 marks if all answers

are correct

7 1 mark 4 Compare a set of objects to find Children may struggle with finding the difference and not relate it to
the difference subtraction or understand that it involves comparing two numbers to find
the value of the gap between them on a number line.

8 1 mark 80c Solve problems that use the term Children may count back incorrectly when subtracting on a number line
‘less than’ by counting back because they have counted the numbers rather than the jumps.

Children may struggle to interpret the language in addition and subtraction

word problems.

9 1 mark Disagree. 7 − 0 = 7 because if you have 7 Understand the effect of adding or Children may struggle to recognise that zero holds no value and may not
things and you take away nothing you still subtracting zero understand the impact it has when adding it or subtracting it from a number.
have 7 things.

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 Answer Assessment Focus Possible Misconceptions and Interventions
Children may count back incorrectly when subtracting on a number line
10 1 mark 7 Solve problems by counting back because they have counted the numbers rather than the jumps.

11 2 marks 15 − 9 =9 7 + 4 = 11 Solve missing number calculations Children may struggle to interpret a missing number in a calculation and
may not understand how to identify what is missing.
1 mark for each
correct answer
Children may not have a secure understanding about the relationship
between parts and wholes and may struggle to solve missing number
calculations.

12 2 marks 5 + 3 = 8 Represent and use number

Children may not understand the inverse relationship of addition and
bonds and related subtraction
1 mark for each correct facts within 20 subtraction.
3 + 5 = 8
calculation
8 − 3 = 5

8 − 5 = 3

13 1 mark 14 Use the inverse to solve problems

in familiar contexts Children may not recognise how the language used in a problem links to a
specific operation. Children may not understand the inverse relationship of
addition and subtraction.

14 1 mark 20 Solve addition word problems Children may not recognise how the language used in a problem links to a
specific operation.

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